Professional Interpreter Use and Discharge Communication in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 935-943

  Gutman, Colleen K ^a,d   Cousins, Liliana ^a   Gritton, Jesse ^b,e   Klein, Eileen J ^a,c   Brown, Julie C ^a,c   Scannell, Jack ^b,f   Lion, K Casey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Seattle Children's Center for Child Health Behavior and Development   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e American Cancer Society   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

discharge instructions; interpreter use; limited English proficiency; patient centered communication; pediatric emergency medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH; VIDEORECORDING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE);

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TRANSLATING;

EID: 85055482749     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: 18762867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2018.07.004     Document Type: Article

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